Children should be seen and not heard.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Still waters run deep.

Enough is as good as a feast.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Truth will out.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Seize the day.

No man can serve two masters.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Accidents will happen.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Silence is golden.

No man is an island.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Any port in a storm.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

If you build it, they will come.

Ignorance is bliss.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Time is money.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's the singer not the song.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Forgive and forget.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Put your best foot forward.

Less is more.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You are never too old to learn.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Patience is a virtue.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's all grist to the mill.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Dead men tell no tales.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It takes one to know one.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Even a worm will turn.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Different strokes for different folks.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Wonders will never cease.

Always put your best foot forward.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Don't get mad, get even.

Two heads are better than one.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Give credit where credit is due.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The best is the enemy of the good.

While there is life, there is hope.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Blood is thicker than water.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

All roads lead to Rome.

Bad news travels fast.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Count your blessings.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A cat may look at a king.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Attack is the best form of defence.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Many hands make light work.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Keep your chin up.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Opposites attract.

A thing begun is half done.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

No news is good news.

Better safe than sorry.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The best things in life are free.

Tomorrow never comes.

Money isn't everything.

A good man is hard to find.

Everyone has their price.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Fortune favours the brave.

Persuasion is better than force.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All you need is love.

There's no place like home.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The exception which proves the rule.

Half a loaf is better than none.

All the world loves a lover.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A cat has nine lives.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

The age of miracles is past.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It ain't over, till it's over.

The best defence is a good offence.

The customer is always right.

What goes around comes around.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Each to their own.

You reap what you sow.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Only the good die young.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Keep your powder dry.

Like father, like son.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Hope springs eternal.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Faith will move mountains.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't always get what you want.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Actions speak louder than words.

All good things come to those that wait.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Talk is cheap.

Get out while the getting is good.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Silence construes consent.

Knowledge is power.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Business before pleasure.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

East is east, and west is west.

You can't win them all.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The Devil is in the details.

It takes two to tango.

Love will find a way.

Let the buyer beware.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Big fish eat little fish.

The Devil looks after his own.

All publicity is good publicity.

Make haste slowly.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Small things amuse small minds.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Every picture tells a story.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Share and share alike.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No pain, no gain.

Beware the Ides of March.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Time is a great healer.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

For everything there is a season.

One hand washes the other.

Money is the root of all evil.

Let bygones be bygones.

The bigger, the better.

Variety is the spice of life.

Cheats never prosper.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There's no time like the present.

Seek and you shall find.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The show must go on.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Might is right.

There is honour among thieves.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Oil and water don't mix.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Less said, soon mended.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

First things first.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

All's fair in love and war.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Every stick has two ends.

Hide in plain sight.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't rock the boat.

Good talk saves the food.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

An army marches on its stomach.

A fish always rots from the head.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A golden key can open any door.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love is blind.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Every dog has its day.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's safety in numbers.

Clothes do not make the man.

Haste makes waste.

Third time lucky.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Practice makes perfect.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Quid pro quo.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Youth is wasted on the young.

More haste, less speed.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Good things come to those who wait.

Time flies.

Bad money drives out good.

An man's home is his castle.

Virtue is its own reward.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

The more the merrier.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

No rest for the wicked.

To the victor go the spoils.

What goes up must come down.

The end justifies the means.

The truth will out.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Practice what you preach.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Moderation in all things.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All good things must come to an end.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Honesty is the best policy.

A house is not a home.

The best-laid plans go astray.

East, west, home's best.

There is no accounting for tastes.

History repeats itself.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fight the good fight.

A word to the wise is enough.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Life begins at forty.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Good things come in small packages.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A bad penny always turns up.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Seeing is believing.

Horses for courses.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Tomorrow is another day.

Only fools and horses work.

You are what you eat.

Waste not, want not.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Great minds think alike.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let well alone.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life is what you make it.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

God helps those who help themselves.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't take it with you.

Misery loves company.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A man is known by his friends.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Speak as you find.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Another day, another dollar.

Better late than never.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Enough is enough.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

Money makes the world go round.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Learn to walk before you run.

There's an exception to every rule.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

First come, first served.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The wages of sin is death.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All's well that ends well.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Give the Devil his due.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It goes without saying.

Pride comes before a fall.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Paddle your own canoe.

Easy come, easy go.

It never rains but it pours.